1999 Oakland Athletics season

The Oakland Athletics' 1999 season involved the A's finishing 2nd in the American League West with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. In doing so, the Athletics finished with their first winning record since 1992. The campaign was also the first of eight consecutive winning seasons for the Athletics (the last of these coming in 2006).

1999 Oakland Athletics
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
OwnersStephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
General managersBilly Beane
ManagersArt Howe
Local televisionKICU-TV
Fox Sports Bay Area
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
Local radioKABL
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse)
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Offseason
  • December 14, 1998: Tony Phillips was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[1]
  • December 14, 1998: Rafael Bournigal was released by the Oakland Athletics.[2]
  • January 7, 1999: Marc Newfield was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[3]
  • January 8, 1999: Mike Oquist was signed as a free agent with the Oakland Athletics.[4]
  • January 26, 1999: Tim Raines was signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[5]
  • February 17, 1999: John Jaha signed as a free agent by the Athletics.[6]

Regular season

Season standings
AL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Texas Rangers 9567 0.586 — 51–30 44–37
Oakland Athletics 8775 0.537 8 52–29 35–46
Seattle Mariners 7983 0.488 16 43–38 36–45
Anaheim Angels 7092 0.432 25 37–44 33–48

Record vs. opponents
1999 American League record

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster
1999 Oakland Athletics
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CA. J. Hinch7620544.215724
1BJason Giambi158575181.31533123
2BRandy Velarde6125585.333728
SSMiguel Tejada159593149.2512184
3BEric Chavez11535688.2471350
LFBen Grieve148486129.2652886
CFRyan Christenson10626856.209424
RFMatt Stairs146531137.25838102
DHJohn Jaha142457126.27635111

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tony Phillips10640699.2441549
Olmedo Sáenz9725570.2751141
Scott Spiezio8924760.243833
Mike Macfarlane8122655.243431
Jason McDonald10018737.20938
Ramón Hernández4013638.279321
Tim Raines5813529.215417
Rich Becker4012533.264110
Jorge Velandia63489.18802
Frank Menechino992.22200

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Gil Heredia33200.11384.81117
Jimmy Haynes30142.07126.3493
Mike Oquist28140.29105.3789
Tim Hudson21136.11123.23132
Kenny Rogers19119.1534.3068
Omar Olivares1274.2724.3436
Kevin Appier1268.2755.7753
Tom Candiotti1156.2356.3530
Blake Stein12.20016.884

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Mahay619.1201.8615
Kevin Jarvis414.00111.5711
Brett Laxton39.2017.459

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Billy Taylor4315263.9838
Buddy Groom763205.0932
Doug Jones7055103.5563
Tim Worrell532204.1562
T.J. Mathews509533.8142
Brad Rigby293404.3326
Jason Isringhausen200182.1320
Greg McMichael170005.403
Chad Harville150206.9115
Tim Kubinski140005.847
Luis Vizcaíno10005.402

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Vancouver Canadians Pacific Coast League Mike Quade
AA Midland RockHounds Texas League Tony DeFrancesco
A Modesto A's California League Bob Geren
A Visalia Oaks California League Juan Navarrette
A-Short Season Southern Oregon Timberjacks Northwest League Greg Sparks
Rookie AZL Athletics Arizona League John Kuehl

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver, AZL Athletics

References
  1. "Tony Phillips Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. "Rafael Bournigal Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. "Marc Newfield Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. "Mike Oquist Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. "Tim Raines Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. "John Jaha Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. "The Mets obtain P Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for OF Terrence Long and P Leoner Vasquez". ThisDayInBaseball.com.
  8. "Randy Velarde Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. "Jason Isringhausen Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  10. "Jeff D'Amico Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. "Rich Becker Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
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